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Restrictions due to the pandemic are easing; that’s something to celebrate! Spring has brought boundless enticing scenes, a bounty of beautiful bloss

Capturing the light By Marilyn Delk - DCCA News As an enthusiastic fan of the paintings by Claude Monet, I am intrigued and inspired by his ability to capture the light. The Impressionist pioneer, obsessed by light, worked to capture changing light and its accompanying shadows from sunrise to sunset, experiencing the same landscape in myriad ways to eternalize a fleeting moment of time. Although I always assumed that the artist found the sights surrounding him as soothingly beautiful as I find his paintings, a recent article from the Art Institute of Chicago informs me that Monet found the li...

121st Audubon Christmas Bird Count Staff report GREENVILLE — From Dec. 14 through January 5 each year tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas brave snow, wind, or rain, and take part in the effort. Audubon and other organizations use data collected in this long-running wildlife census to assess the health of bird populations, and to help guide conservation action. Prior to the turn of the 20th century, hunters engaged in a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt.” They would choose sides and go afield with their guns — whoever brought in the biggest pile of...